“While the flesh is delicious in small amounts,” Wozniak explains, “Servings larger than about four ounces can result in spectacular intestinal consequences.” 6. He is a fan of jigging in these waters where, “Some amazing dropoffs lead into abyssal depths, where almost anything can swim out of the blackness to eat a jig.” The angler also offers some fun facts about the oilfish, commonly labeled “white tuna” in sushi eateries. “One of the better deep-drop fights I’ve ever had,” he shares. The result was a protracted battle of an hour and a half. The catch is particularly noteworthy since he was fishing very light, 15-pound test braid. Wozniak hooked this hefty fish in 1,200 feet of water just outside Tokyo Bay. Oilfish - Japan Oilfish ( Ruvettus pretiosus) is pleasantly rich in taste and can be substantially cheaper than some other fish species, leading to some fish sellers intentionally mislabeling it as butterfish or even cod, despite the utter lack of relation. In fact, brilliant pomfrets - found in the middle and Western Pacific and Western Indian oceans - are known for their dogged fights even from deep water (not disabled by barotrauma - where the gas in swim bladders expands inside the fish - as are many deep-water species).ħ. Pomfrets get considerably bigger, but even so, the angler recalls what an amazingly tough fight the fish put up. Most deep-sea fish sport extremely large eyes adapted to excel in dark conditions. Yes, cranked by hand, not by using an electric reel. Dale Leverone, he cranked up this brilliant pomfret ( Eumegistus illustris). Photo credit: Steve Wozniakĭropping bait to what Wozniak describes as “1,600 arm-cramping feet” off south Kona Island with well-known Capt.
Brilliant pomfret - Hawaii This species has earned a reputation for its resilience and power, now try hand-cranking it from 1,600 feet down. Cut barracuda and a Penn International 6/0 sealed the deal on the record fish. That record holder happens to be the author of this article my standing record scombrops weighed 21 pounds, 12 ounces, and came from even deeper water off Bimini in 1997. Pictured is the author's world record fish. This species is also known for its delicate and lean meat- similar to lobster. “We were unashamedly trying to set a new IGFA all-tackle world record on this species but were unsuccessful, to the great delight of the current record holder,” Wozniak recalls. The anglers were fishing right around 1,000 feet deep and landed two of these while losing quite a few others to sharks. Wozniak caught this odd-looking creature with a scary visage from friend Marty Arostegui's boat off Bimini. Atlantic scombrops - the Bahamas The Atlantic Scombrops ( Scombrops oculatus) is a type of gnomefish found in the waters of the Western Atlantic that can easily be identified through its comically large eyes and laterally compressed oblong body. Here, Wozniak shares his top 10 most bizarre and unique catches (so far). While certainly not all of his efforts are in deep water, that’s often the case since Wozniak says that the depths harbor some of the weirdest and most surprising critters. Ranging from the size of a child’s pinky finger to the size of grown man, Wozniak keeps detailed accounts of each one in his blog here. Remarkably, to date, Wozniak has fished in 94 different countries (plus all 50 states) and at the time of this writing had documented catching on hook-and-line an astonishing 2,044 species of fish. For decades, he’s been obsessed with catching on hook and line as many different species of fish as possible. No one knows that better than Steve Wozniak (and no, not that Steve Wozniak, though this one also lives in Silicon Valley). When cranking up fish from deep water, strange, wondrous and sometimes frightening monsters - some small and some larger - can make an angler’s jaw drop. But then, “alien life forms” comes pretty close to describing many of the creatures that swim in the untouched abyss that is the deep sea. Unfortunately, we have no ability to discover alien life forms, except on old Star Trek re-runs.
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